[PHOTO] Twenty-nine photos of Winter Stations and Woodbine Beach (#winterstations, #woodbinebeach)

Mar. 25th, 2020 07:30 pm
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Saturday, the 21st of March, was a perfect day to see the public art works in the 2020 Winter Stations, the sadly diminished crowds enabling me to have a socially distanced trip down to Woodbine. There, the three of the four Winter Stations artworks that were not destroyed by errant children at play still stood, sounded even when designed to do so. The grey sky hung over the damp brown beach, and the pale green-blue sea lapped at the shore.

Towards Winter Stations #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #beach #publicart #latergram


East along the beach #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #beach #boardwalk #publicart #latergram


Winter Stations at a distance #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #beach #publicart #latergram


West along the beach #toronto #woodbinebeach #beach #latergram


South into the lake #toronto #lakeontario #woodbinebeach #beach #latergram


Mirage (1) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #mirage #publicart #latergram


Mirage (2) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #mirage #publicart #latergram


Mirage (3) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #mirage #publicart #latergram


Mirage (4) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #mirage #publicart #latergram


Mirage (5) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #mirage #publicart #latergram


North towards the city #toronto #winterstations #woodbinebeach #latergram


Sitting by the shore #toronto #woodbinebeach #beach #lakeontario #latergram


The Beach's Percussion Ensemble (1) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #latergram


The Beach's Percussion Ensemble (2) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #latergram


The Beach's Percussion Ensemble (3) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #latergram


The Beach's Percussion Ensemble (4) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #latergram


The Beach's Percussion Ensemble (5) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #latergram


The Beach's Percussion Ensemble (6) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #latergram


The Beach's Percussion Ensemble (7) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #latergram


Hearth #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #hearth #stones #beach #latergram


Kaleidoscope of the Senses (1) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #kaleidoscopeofthesenses #latergram


Kaleidoscope of the Senses (2) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #kaleidoscopeofthesenses #latergram


Kaleidoscope of the Senses (3) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #kaleidoscopeofthesenses #latergram


Wandering #toronto #woodbinebeach #beach #latergram


Blue, green, brown #toronto #woodbinebeach #beach #horizon #blue #green #brown #latergram


Looking back #toronto #woodbinebeach #beach #chairs #latergram


Kaleidoscope of the Senses (4) #toronto #woodbinebeach #winterstations #publicart #kaleidoscopeofthesenses #latergram


Horizon #toronto #woodbinebeach #beach #horizon #latergram


Runner #toronto #woodbinebeach #beach #boardwalk #runner #latergram
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[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links

Dec. 22nd, 2019 05:48 am
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  • Some of the apartments hit by the Gosford apartment fire have been repaired and opened to their tenants again. Global News reports.

  • Steve Munro maps the 70 O'Connor bus route in action as a case study, here.

  • Condo developers have created the new neighbourhood of "West St. Clair West" out of, among other established neighbourhoods, Carleton Village. blogTO reports.

  • The plans for the controversial new Pharrell Williams condo development at Yonge and Eglinton look interesting. blogTO shares.

  • Should Toronto have free public mass transit? NOW Toronto makes the case.

  • Brian Doucet at Spacing Toronto takes a look at the Toronto CLRV streetcars in their North American context, here.

  • The repeated flooding of the Toronto Islands, as NOW Toronto points out, surely demonstrates the reality of climate change for Toronto.

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[URBAN NOTE] Fifteen Kingston, Ontario links (#kingstonon)

Nov. 29th, 2019 04:59 am
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  • CBC reports on suggestions that Kingston should plan for a population expected to grow significantly in coming decades, to not just expand but to have intensified development downtown.

  • The rental housing market for Kingston is very tight, not only because of large student populations. Global News reports.

  • Kingstonist reports on Queen's plans to build a large new student residence on Albert Street, here.

  • The Whig-Standard carries an account of the new Queen's principal being interrogated by Kingston city council over issues of friction between school and city, including costs for policing (and not only at Homecoming weekend).

  • This summer, farmers in the Kingston area saw poor crop production as a consequence of the weather. Global News reports.

  • Happily, the budget of the city of Kingston was made to accommodate costs for Murney, the police force's horse. Global News reports.

  • Weston Food's plant in Kingston has seen forty jobs cut. Global News reports.

  • Lake Ontario Park, in the west of the city, may be reopened to limited camping. The Whig-Standard reports.

  • Kingston hockey player Rebecca Thompson is now playing for the team of Queen's. Global News reports.

  • Queen's University is not alone in urging its exchange students in Hong Kong to evacuate. The Whig-Standard reports.

  • Yesterday, a plane crashed in the west of Kingston, killing all seven people aboard. CBC reports.

  • Chris Morris at Kingstonist has a long feature examining the Kingston Street Mission, interviewing outreach worker Marilyn McLean about her work with the homeless of the city.

  • Kingston-born street nurse Cathy Crowe talks about homelessness, in Kingston and across Canada. Global News reports.

  • The family of Royal Military College cadet Joe Grozelle, who disappeared from his campus and was later found dead two decades ago, wants his fate reinvestigated. Global News reports.

  • A hundred students at a Kingston public school are being taught how to skate, part of a pilot program. Global News reports.

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[PHOTO] Looking west at Humber Bay Shores

Nov. 24th, 2019 07:27 pm
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Looking west at Humber Bay Shores #toronto #lakeontario #humberbayshores #humberbay #sunnyside #lights #night #towers #skyline
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[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links

Oct. 29th, 2019 05:28 pm
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  • I do hope Toronto does something with the abandoned foot court on Queen West and John. blogTO reports.

  • blogTO looks at the new Villiers Island set to occupy the mouth of the Don River in the Port Lands.

  • An Ossington laneway is going to be repainted after a botched improvement project destroyed its public art. The Toronto Star reports.

  • Steve Munro fisks a defense by the Toronto Board of Trade of the proposed Ontario Line, here.

  • Andrew Cash, sadly not elected in my riding of Davenport, writes in the Toronto Star about the importance of Toronto having active local MPs.

  • National Observer looks at how the City of Toronto is encouraging residents grow gardens for pollinators.

  • Samantha Edwards writes at NOW Toronto about how the long-closed Paradise on Bloor theatre is set to reopen in December.

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[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: Lake Ontario, fly, Ontario Place, Port Lands, parks

Jun. 2nd, 2019 01:14 pm
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  • Measured at Toronto, Lake Ontario has reached its highest point in recorded history. blogTO reports.

  • Beach season has to be put off in Toronto until mid-June at least, on account of the record high water. blogTO reports.

  • Legendary queer nightclub fly--or fly 2.0--is shutting down this Pride. blogTO reports.

  • The provincial government call for development proposals for Ontario Place, happily, makes no mention of casinos. The National Post reports.

  • This BBC article takes a convenient outsider's look at the controversy over the Google involvement in the Port Lands development project.

  • Tanya Mok at blogTO introduces readers to the very unusual June Callwood Park, designed around a voiceprint of the late journalist and activist.

  • Samantha Edwards at NOW Toronto looks at the impromptu party being Daniel Rotsztain to celebrate The Pillars at Queens Quay at York this evening. (I think I'll be there.)

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[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Kingston, Ottawa, Amsterdam, Madrid, Yerevan

Jun. 1st, 2019 06:37 pm
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  • Kingston, Ontario, is currently doing its best to cope with flood risk from the rising Lake Ontario. Global News reports.

  • MacLean's reports on an appalling expansion of the iconic Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.

  • CityLab reports on how Amsterdam is trying to avoid being overwhelmed by tourism.

  • Guardian Cities reports on how the new government in Madrid plans to scrap a low-emissions zone because of a belief that congestion is a Madrid tradition.

  • Roads and Kingdoms shares some tips for visitors to Yerevan.

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[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: #DoorsOpenTO, Eglinton Crosstown, Lake Ontario, public art

May. 28th, 2019 04:30 pm
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  • Transit Toronto notes that both the Eglinton Crosstown yards and Lower Bay station were open this weekend past for Doors Open. I got to see both!

  • Urban Toronto looks at the newly revealed Eglinton Crosstown vehicles.

  • blogTO observes the rapid flooding faced not only by the Toronto Islands but by the waterfront generally.

  • blogTO reports on the exciting possibility of a ferry connecting Etobicoke, at Humber Bay Shores, to the downtown.

  • Building a linear park over the subway trench between Davisville and Eglinton stations in midtown Toronto is an idea that appeals to me. blogTO reports.

  • NOW Toronto reports on a slew of original coffee shops around Toronto, including a laundromat hybrid on Dufferin.

  • Urban Toronto celebrates the Ron Arad sculpture Safe Hands at One Bloor East.

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[URBAN NOTE] Ten city links: Hamilton, Ottawa, Montréal, Kingston, Vancouver, Toledo, NYC, Bodie ...

May. 12th, 2019 12:05 pm
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  • CBC Hamilton reports on the options of the City of Hamilton faced with its having hired a prominent former white supremacist.

  • CBC Ottawa reports that flood levels on the Ottawa River have reached record highs.

  • The Montreal Gazette considers possible solutions to crowding on the Montréal subway, including new cars and special buses.

  • Kingston is preparing for flooding, the city seeing a threat only in certain waterfront districts. Global News reports.

  • Vancouver is applying a zoning freeze in a future mass transit corridor. Global News reports.

  • CityLab looks at how the post-war dream of mass transit and densification for the Ohio city of Toledo never came about, and how it might now.

  • Guardian Cities looks at construction proposals for New York City that never were.

  • CityLab looks at how the California ghost town of Bodie is kept in good shape for tourists.

  • Vox notes that just over one in ten thousand people in San Francisco is a billionaire.

  • Leonid Bershidsky at Bloomberg considers why productivity in Berlin lags behind that in other European capital cities. Could it be that the young workers of Berlin are not devoted to earning income?

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[URBAN NOTE} Seven Toronto links: Lake Ontario, UP Express, Rail Deck Park, Google, TTC, Doors Open

May. 8th, 2019 11:45 am
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  • Reddit's r/toronto shares this photo of the level of Lake Ontario having risen above the level of the boardwalk at HTO Park. Are we in for another year of flooding, on the Toronto Islands particularly?

  • This CBC Toronto article from a week ago notes how Lake Ontario is getting close to 2017 levels.

  • Changes in the Presto system have left many people who use the Union-Pearson Express to commute in a financially costly situation. CBC Toronto reports.

  • This court case, besides setting boundaries on what planning boards can and cannot do, will also determine the fate of the Rail Deck Park. I hope it will survive. The Toronto Star reports.

  • Stefanie Marotta at the Toronto Star reports on a Jane's Walk led by MP Adam Vaughan and Bianca Wylie of the waterfront, inspired by their criticism of the Sidewalk Labs plans.

  • Shazlin Rahman writes at Spacing about the prejudices that push Muslim women away from the TTC, and what can be done to protect these women.

  • Urban Toronto shares the news of Open Doors 2019 in Toronto on 25 and 26 May, with more than 150 buildings being opened to the public.

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[PHOTO] Coast guard vessel Limnos docked off Sugar Beach, alternate angle

Apr. 4th, 2019 09:13 am
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Coast guard vessel Limnos docked off Sugar Beach, alternate angle #toronto #lakeontario #torontoharbour #sugarbeach #coastguard #limnos #ccgslimnos #latergram
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[PHOTO] Coast guard vessel Limnos docked off Sugar Beach

Apr. 3rd, 2019 09:46 am
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Early last evening, I was walking with a friend east on Queens Quay when we saw the CCGS Limnos, a coast guard research ship,
anchored off Sugar Beach.

Coast guard vessel Limnos docked off Sugar Beach #toronto #lakeontario #torontoharbour #sugarbeach #coastguard #limnos #latergram
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[PHOTO] Three photos from Long Branch, evening

Mar. 30th, 2019 07:35 am
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The quality of the skies above Long Branch last evening, soft colours glowing in the chill, was extraordinary. I was particularly taken by Lake Ontario, scarcely different from the sky above.

Looking west on Lake Shore, evening #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #lakeshoreblvd #evening


Pastels over Lake Ontario, evening #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #lakeontario #colonelsamuelsmithpark #pastel #evening


Chilly glow to the west,, evening #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #lakeontario #pastel #evening
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[PHOTO] Three photos from Colonel Samuel Smith Park in winter

Feb. 21st, 2019 04:58 pm
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Colonel Samuel Smith Park, in southernmost Etobicoke in southwesternmost Long Branch on the shores of Lake Ontario, would be a fine place for an extended walk in any season. In winter, it can be sublime, earth and sky and water all cool blues and whites.

Looking out (1) #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #colonelsamuelsmithpark #winter #lakeontario #white #latergram


Looking out (2) #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #colonelsamuelsmithpark #winter #lakeontario #white #latergram


Looking out (3) #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #colonelsamuelsmithpark #winter #lakeontario #white #latergram
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[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: TTC, London, maps, Eglinton and Dufferin, Ontario Place

Feb. 14th, 2019 11:32 am
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  • The Toronto Star reports on the framework agreement for uploading the TTC to Ontario, noting the three different scenarios imagined.

  • Tricia Wood at Spacing warns that the uploading of the TTC might well end badly, as shown by the similar takeover of London mass transit by the British government under Margaret Thatcher.

  • blogTO shares an example of the new maps on TTC subways, these usefully showing the streetcar network alongside the subway routes.

  • Urban Toronto profiles a proposal for an eight-storey rental unit proposed for Eglinton and Dufferin, taking advantage of location come the Eglinton Crosstown.

  • The suggestion of John Michael McGrath that Ontario Place is in need of radical transformation, perhaps more than we might like, does merit some consideration.

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[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: TTC, trespassing, Ice Breakers, infrastructure, rooming houses

Feb. 13th, 2019 01:41 pm
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  • Transit Toronto takes a look at the outline of the uploading agreement the city of Toronto has reached with Ontario on the TTC.

  • Trespassing on TTC lines has been responsible for many hours' worth of delays. CBC reports
  • NOW Toronto reports on the exciting Ice Breakers exhibition on the waterfront at Queens Quay.

  • Spending so little on repairs creates a real possibility of accelerated collapse of Toronto infrastructure in the foreseeable future. The Toronto Star reports.

  • Jason Miller at the Toronto Star notes how the housing crisis in Toronto makes more important the debate over what to do with illegal rooming houses.

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[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: PATH, Airbnb, houseboat, apartment towers, neighbourhoods

Feb. 12th, 2019 01:52 pm
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  • Jamie Bradburn considers the history of the construction of the Toronto PATH network, and the surprising controversy. Many, it seems, did not want to live like moles.

  • VICE takes a look at how Airbnb is directly driving people out of their neighbourhoods.

  • The Toronto Star looks at a houseboat in the Scarborough Bluffs area that looks very homey.

  • The aging apartment buildings of Toronto need care, perhaps a lot of care, if they are to continue to house safely their many hundreds of thousands of inhabitants. CBC Toronto reports.

  • Postcity considers what, exactly, the slowing of development applications in Yonge and Eglinton means. Will the same hypertrophy spread to other neighbourhoods, soon to be overburdened?

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[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Presto, Kensington Market, KING, Beaches, Ontario Place

Jan. 13th, 2019 02:17 pm
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  • Jarek Piórkowski writes about how he can use his Presto card records to reconstruct, to varying degrees of fidelity, his commutes across the Greater Toronto Area.

  • blogTO notes that the streetside bins of nuts and fruits of Salamanca Dry Foods Store in Kensington Market are no more, thanks to a new charge by the city.

  • This paid section at the Toronto Star does a good job explaining the new planned Bjarke Ingels KING condominium complex on King Street West.

  • CBC Toronto notes a new push by residents of the Beaches to encourage visitors (and locals) not to litter, on Woodbine or any other of the east-end's iconic strands.

  • The Toronto Star reports on a community meeting regarding the redevelopment of Ontario Place, the different proposals all being united by a desire to keep this place a high-quality destination open to all Torontonians.

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[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Kingston, Montréal, Québec City, Tripoli, Tashkent

Jan. 8th, 2019 02:56 pm
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  • Kingston is expanding and modernizing its docks to accommodate cruise ships, Global News reports.

  • Le Devoir reports on how gentrification in Montréal is pushing artists out of the once-inexpensive Mile-Ex neighbourhood.

  • In an era where Québec City is pushing for more mass transit, the idea of building a third bridge across the St. Lawrence to relieve car congestion is controversial. CTV reports.

  • Guardian Cities reports on how a fairground built in Tripoli by Oscar Neimeyer is falling into, perhaps irreparable, disrepair.

  • Open Democracy reports on how new urban development is pushing out many people from old Tashkent.

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[PHOTO] Five photos of Lake Ontario seen from the Twenty Fifth Street Parkette, Toronto

Dec. 26th, 2018 07:28 am
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The Twenty Fifth Street Parkette, at the bottom of the street of the same name in Toronto's southwesternmost neighbourhood of Long Branch, offers glorious views of Lake Ontario. Stark winter skies add to the experience.

Looking west from Long Branch #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #twentyfifthstreet #lakepromenade #lakeontario #horizon


Looking south from Long Branch #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #twentyfifthstreet #lakepromenade #lakeontario #horizon


Looking east from Long Branch #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #twentyfifthstreet #lakepromenade #lakeontario #horizon


Shore #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #twentyfifthstreet #lakepromenade #lakeontario #rocks #concrete #beaches #horizon


Looking south and west from Long Branch #toronto #etobicoke #longbranch #twentyfifthstreet #lakepromenade #lakeontario #horizon
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